Richard Cecil Quotes


An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.


Citations

Cecil, Richard. Remains of the Rev. Richard Cecil, M.A. Edited by Josiah Pratt, L. B. Seeley, 1811.

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  • Born: November 8, 1748
  • Died: August 15, 1810
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman

Richard Cecil was a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries.